On June 3, the world lost Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time. At 22, he won the world heavyweight title, a title he successfully defended six times in the 1960s. In 1966, Ali was drafted to serve in the Vietnam War, but refused based on his religious beliefs as a Black Muslim. He was arrested and convicted on charges of draft evasion. He was sentenced to five years in prison. Ali was stripped of his title and banned from boxing.
After Ali’s conviction was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court granted his petition for a writ of certiorari. In June 1971, the Supreme Court released a unanimous, 8-0 decision in which it reversed Ali’s criminal conviction, setting him free. Ali returned to the ring, recaptured his heavyweight title, and fought in some of sport’s greatest rivalries against the likes of Joe Frazier and George Foreman.
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